Articles by Jonathon Wilson
‘The Potato Lab’ Episode 6 Recap – The Midway Point Makes For An Effective Tease
I’m assuming that I know what the end of The Potato Lab is going to be already because it’s an enemies-to-lovers rom-com and they all tend to work the same in a macro sense.
‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ Volume 2 Recap – Tortuously, Powerfully Emotional
Oh, boy. That was a lot, right? I can’t even begin to imagine how many viewers were left heartbroken by Volume 2 of When Life Gives You Tangerines.
‘The Potato Lab’ Episode 5 Recap – Sometimes, Tropes Can Work Just Fine
Sometimes a show like The Potato Lab comes along and works almost in spite of itself. It’s an odd phenomenon.
‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap – Things Are Starting to Happen and It’s About Time
Yellowjackets Season 3 felt like it was starting to get going in the previous episode, even though it was lacking those big, key developments.
‘Surface’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – A Couple of Big (Albeit Questionable) Swings Shake Things Up
You’ve got to appreciate Surface taking some chances in Season 2, even if the results might end up being a little mixed.
‘Severance’ Season 2, Episode 9 Recap – As Overstuffed As “Sweet Vitriol” Was Empty
For the first time in Season 2, Severance delivered what many would consider to be a bad episode.
Control Freak (2025) Review – Kelly Marie Tran Gamely Leads A Head-Scratching Supernatural Horror
You know how someone scratching around you makes you itch? Imagine a whole movie of that and you’ve basically got Control Freak, Hulu’s straight-to-streaming supernatural...
‘Reacher’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap – Reacher’s Cover Being Blown Is a Good Thing
In many ways, Episode 6 of Reacher Season 3 is a payoff to the excellent fourth episode. That was where you really felt the menace of Xavier Quinn, the season’s Big Bad who has largely been developed through absence and implication.
‘Adolescence’ Review – Harrowing Proof That Stephen Graham Is the Most Underrated Actor in the World
Netflix’s Adolescence is being sold on the back of an interesting stylistic gimmick – each of its four episodes is shot in an uninterrupted real-time...
‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Episode 3 Recap – The System Works Right Up Until It Doesn’t
It’s sometimes easy to forget that Matt Murdock is a lawyer since most of the justice he dispenses comes via his fists.
‘The White Lotus’ Season 3, Episode 4 Recap – We’re Oh So Close to Pulling the Trigger
The White Lotus is always about a murder. Season 3 is potentially about several; we know this because the premiere featured a bunch of gunshots and at least one floating corpse.
‘The Hunting Party’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – We’re Getting Back on the Right Track
This is more like it. Not to say, “I told you so”, obviously, but after an episode that let conventionality creep in, to its detriment, The Hunting Party really gets back on the right track in Episode 6.
‘Suits LA’ Episode 3 Recap – Oh No, the Dead Brother Is Back Again
Bad news – the dead brother is back. And this is no offense to Carson Egan, who plays Eddie Black perfectly well.
‘Watson’ Season 1, Episode 5 Recap – Finally Something Interesting to Say, But Still No Idea How to Say It
“The Man with the Glowing Chest” isn’t about a man with a glowing chest, though one does briefly feature.
‘The Potato Lab’ Episode 4 Recap – Chemistry and Charm Are Keeping This K-Drama Comfortably Afloat
There’s an easy charm to The Potato Lab that feels like alchemy; narrative gold from leaden rom-com tropes.
‘1923’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Welcome to America, Unless You’re Irish Or A Woman
America is the land of opportunity. It’s also, apparently, the land of thieves, sexual deviants, racists, judgy bureaucrats, and very long-winded travel options.
‘The Potato Lab’ Episode 3 Recap – Here We See a Show Really Finding Its Feet
I get it. I get why The Potato Lab works, and it’s a surprisingly obvious realization, highlighted really capably by Episode 3.
‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’ Volume 1 Recap – A Love Letter to Jeju Island Examines a Life Back to Front
Ever proving that there’s more than one way to skin a cat – or, in this case, air a K-Drama – Netflix elected to release When Life Gives You Tangerines, the expensively-produced IU-starring drama doubling as a love letter to Jeju Island, in four four-part volumes.
‘Beauty in Black’ Part 2 Ending Explained – The Chances of Season 2 Are Distressingly High
Tyler Perry continues to torment streaming audiences worldwide with execrable garbage like Divorce in the Black and A Fall from Grace, but Beauty in Black...
‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3, Episode 5 Recap – Even with A Firing Squad, Still Struggling to Pull the Trigger
It’s clear that Yellowjackets Season 3 has entered more exciting territory now. And yes, I agree it’s about time.